About Natasha Watson
Structural Engineer by trade, and Intersectional Environmentalist & Activist for Cimate Justice in my heart!
I am working as the Climate Emergency Change Manager for our UK+ regions and as Sustainability Co-Lead for UK+ Structures and Ground for Buro Happold. These roles support each other in determining and delivering the systemic change needed to tackle the Climate Emergency at an industry level, organisational level, team level and an individual level.
As well as the technical aspects of tackling the Climate Emergency, I am interested in the wider issues around equity and unconscious bias in the built environment, as well as intersectional environmentalism.
My interest in equity in the built environment is growing and developing as a result of my participation in Urban C:Lab and seeing activism surrounding black lives, trans lives, queer lives, and disabled lives more and more in the mainstream. I am always interested in discussing and understanding more about biases in the built environment, so please don't hesitate to get in contact.
Featured articles
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Historic England publishes research into embodied carbon when retrofitting traditional buildings.
New Prime Minister delivers on ECA call for cut in electricity costs.
CIOB reacts to the announcement of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister.
Heritage and conservation science workforce survey - Have your say.
England's Suburbs 1820-2020. Book review.
New, more proportionate and targeted approach for higher-risk building assessments.
Government brings British Steel into public ownership.
UKCW Birmingham returns with bold new theme and focus.
New guidance published on competence requirements for self-certification schemes.
Construction Management, 8 July
NEETs crisis drives interest in trades, but apprenticeships barriers remain.
Passive fire protection webinar
MEP services penetration seals.
Where its at podcast (and video) - The role of the Architectural Technologist as an Expert Witness.